Wronskian
Sign in to saveIn mathematics, the Wronskian of n differentiable functions is the determinant formed with the functions and their derivatives up to order . It was introduced in 1812 by the Polish mathematician Józef Wroński, and is used in the study of differential equations, where it can sometimes show the linear independence of a set of solutions.
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- Definition
- The Wronskian and linear independence
- Application to linear differential equations
- Generalized Wronskians
- History
- See also
- Notes
- Citations
- References
In mathematics, the Wronskian of n differentiable functions is the determinant formed with the functions and their derivatives up to order . It was introduced in 1812 by the Polish mathematician Józef Wroński, and is used in the study of differential equations, where it can sometimes show the linear independence of a set of solutions.
== Definition ==
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